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Hasbro Is No Has-Been: Board Games Surge In The Digital Age

Risk has come to Facebook. Scrabble is one of the top iPhone apps. And several board games are enjoying a long life on game consoles. In the digital age, you better be ready to Hasbro-down.READ»

BioWare Bets Big With The Old Republic

On December 20, BioWare will release "Star Wars: The Old Republic," its most ambitious project yet. Bigger than all of its previous games combined, it could be a monumental success--or a titanic failure.READ»

Must-Share TV: Qvivo Set to Launch

Former top executives from Walt Disney and Electronic Arts have built Qvivo, a social media center app that manages and streams your videos and music all in from one place.READ»

FarmVille-Maker Zynga Harvests New Crop: Acquires Newtoy, Its 7th Acquisition This Year

Today, Zynga acquired Texas-based developer Newtoy, yet another acquisition in the billion dollar company's spending spree.READ»

Innovation Agents: Lucy Bradshaw, Senior Vice President at Electronic Arts

The gaming vet who fell in love with The Sims years ago--then went on to create the game's latest, most successful iterations--talks about the importance of listening to users and always respecting the idea of playfulness.READ»

EA's Nick Earl on the Horror of "Dead Space 2," and How He's Changing Game Development

Nick Earl, the Senior VP and General Manager for Electronic Art's group that focuses on action games, tell us about "Dead Space 2," why he is happy about the elongated cycle for current game consoles, and how he is pioneering a new form of game development.READ»

Lucy Bradshaw, SVP at Electronic Arts

The leader of an 80-person development team, Bradshaw is responsible for executing the wild fantasies of Will Wright, who founded Maxis in the late 1980s and brainstormed a slew of "Sim"-related titles.READ»

Making The Art in Dead Space

Dead Space is a new video game from Electronic Arts that is shaped on horror films. Here we talk with art director Ian Milham about the process of making the art in the new game.READ»

Producing Dead Space

We spent the day with Electronic Arts’ Dead Space team to learn how video games are made. Here we interview the producer, Rich Briggs, and he shares with us some of the behind-the-scenes details behind this scary new game.READ»

Can iPad Come Out and Play? Oh, Yeah: Game Industry

At Apple's event today, Steve Jobs revealed the iPad, a tablet device that resembled an embiggened iPod Touch. What did it mean for gamers? Games from the current iPhone OS will run on it, either in a small window at the original ...READ»

The 12 Days of Gaming

With the holidays just around the corner, you're wondering what games to buy for the beloved gamer geeks on your list ... or yourself (you have to spend those gift cards on something). In no particular order, here are 12 great games released this year guaranteed to fill the season with rocking, shooting, zombie-slaying joy.READ»

EA's "Need for Speed" Creator Designs CMT-380, an Actual Hybrid Supercar

Tesla has done alot to disprove the notion that hybrid and electric vehicles are wimpier than their gasoline-powered counterparts, but Capstone Turbine may have the final word with its CMT-380 hybrid supercar. The vehicle, which is ...READ»

Ngmoco Socializes iPhone Gaming

Neil Young and Alan Yu left Electronic Arts to start Ngmoco, a company focused exclusively on iPhone games. Its social network, Plus, creates new revenue streams for game developers.READ»

With New 'Need for Speed' and 'Tiger Woods' Editions, EA Embraces Online Games

As its Need for Speed racing franchise reaches 100 million units sold, gaming giant Electronic Arts reveals its move onto the Internet next year with "Need for Speed World Online." READ»

EA Acquires Playfish, but Can It Compete on Facebook?

By all appearances, Electronic Arts (EA), one of the biggest gaming companies in the world, is going guns-a-blazin' into an online gaming realm dominated by Mafia Wars. Currently, EA's casual gaming division, Pogo, offers only a ...READ»

Tiger Woods on Twitter, Facebook, and the Marketing of Pro Athletes

Tiger Woods isn't hooked on Twitter like Shaq, but he's keenly aware of how important social media is becoming to pro athletes who are creating a personal brand.READ»

Google's Game Show: All About Facebook?

When Google threw a party at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last Wednesday, the question that seemed to bedevil the press and analysts gathered was, "Why is Google throwing a party at the Game Developers ...READ»

Women in Tech: The Gamers

The 5 most influential women in electronic entertainment.READ»

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Is it Finally Game Over?

Electronic Arts posted a substantial loss yesterday, shattering the myth of video games being a recession-proof industry.READ»